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What Works
What Works
Tara McMullin

It's easy to lose your way in the 21st-century economy. The world of work and business is changing so rapidly that you... more

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Episodes

EP 451: An Inbox Full of Lies

Over the next few weeks, I've got something a wee bit different for you! This is the very first edition... more

30 Nov 2023 · 30 minutes
EP 450: The Will to Share Power with Tania Luna

This is the final installment in Strange New Work, a series that uses speculative fiction to explore radical work futures.Power.... more

02 Nov 2023 · 33 minutes
EP 449: The Most Undervalued Skill of the 21st-Century Economy

This is the penultimate episode of Strange New Work, a special series from What Works that explores the future of... more

26 Oct 2023 · 35 minutes
BONUS: A Quick Pep Talk

I've got something short, sweet, and really special for you today. Sean, my husband, my go-to extrovert shield, and the... more

23 Oct 2023 · 4 minutes
EP 448: Made for Work

This is the 6th installment of Strange New Work, a special series that uses speculative fiction to explore radically different... more

19 Oct 2023 · 27 minutes
EP 447: Disrupting Housework (Without Robots or Replicators)

This is the 5th installment of Strange New Work, a special series that explores how speculative fiction can help us... more

12 Oct 2023 · 34 minutes
EP 446: You Will Be Assimilated with Charlie Gilkey

This is the 4th installment in Strange New Work, a special series from What Works that explores how speculative fiction... more

05 Oct 2023 · 32 minutes
EP 445: The Time to Change with Jordan Maney & Joanna Cea

This is the third installment in Strange New Work, a series that explores how speculative fiction can help us imagine... more

28 Sep 2023 · 34 minutes
This Is Not Advice: Quid Pro No Thank You

This is the 11th edition of This is Not Advice, a "not advice" column for premium subscribers of What Works.... more

27 Sep 2023 · 10 minutes
EP 444: World-Building a More Sustainable Work Environment with Morgan Harper Nichols

This is the second episode in my new series, "Strange New Work." Artist and writer Morgan Harper Nichols is a... more

21 Sep 2023 · 28 minutes
EP 443: Imagining a Radically Different World of Work

The future of work doesn't have to be an extension of today's reality.This is the first installment in Strange New... more

14 Sep 2023 · 27 minutes
Strange New Work Starts September 14!

Join Tara McMullin for a journey into the far future of work, and consider how we can create more humane,... more

08 Sep 2023 · 2 minutes
EP 442: When The Voice In Your Head Whispers... Meritocracy

Today’s episode is a sneak peek of Work In Practice, my new 12-week training program for guides of all kinds.... more

07 Sep 2023 · 26 minutes
EP 441: Rules, Habits, and Opening Doors with Charlie Gilkey

There are rules you know about—and rules you don't. Some rules are written down—and other rules are "just the way... more

24 Aug 2023 · 23 minutes
EP 440: Adopting the Perennial Mindset for Work & Beyond with Mauro Guillén

Play, learn, work, retire—those are the four stages of what Mauro Guillén calls the sequential mode of life. In his new... more

17 Aug 2023 · 24 minutes
This is Not Advice: Metrics, Incentives, and the Seduction of Clarity

This is the 8th edition of This is Not Advice, my "not-advice" column for premium subscribers of What Works. Today, I'm talking... more

14 Aug 2023 · 9 minutes
EP 439: Expectations, Boundaries, and Making Work in Public with Randi Buckley

Making work for the public seems to come with a slew of fuzzy social expectations. What do we owe our... more

10 Aug 2023 · 25 minutes
EP 438: Counterfeit Financial Culture with Manisha Thakor

The media give us wildly exaggerated images of wealth and consumption. And even if we recognize that a tv show... more

07 Aug 2023 · 25 minutes
EP 437: Leaving the Cult of Never Enough with Manisha Thakor

At age 50, Manisha Thakor realized that she'd sacrificed her life at the altar of work. How did that happen?... more

03 Aug 2023 · 29 minutes
This is Not Advice: How Flexibility is Used and Abused

This is an excerpt from the 7th edition of This is Not Advice—a not-advice column exclusively for premium subscribers. In this... more

31 Jul 2023 · 9 minutes
EP 436: The Myth of Rugged Individualism—and Hope for Something More (Remix)

This episode originally ran on May 25, 2022. It's been lightly remixed for today's release!“Rugged individualism” is the very language... more

27 Jul 2023 · 12 minutes
EP 435: Self-Control, Surveillance, and the Body at Work (Classic)

So much of our modern discourse around productivity, empowerment, entrepreneurship, and personal growth includes messages about our bodies. These messages... more

20 Jul 2023 · 55 minutes
This is Not Advice: Beyond Creating Versus Consuming

This is an episode of "This is Not Advice," a bonus podcast I do for premium subscribers of What Works.... more

17 Jul 2023 · 28 minutes
EP 434: What do we really want from social media? with Jay Acunzo

This is an episode about Meta's new app, Threads. It's also about Substack and Substack's new-ish feature, Notes. But really,... more

13 Jul 2023 · 28 minutes
EP 433: What is Capitalist Realism? with Iggy Perillo

"It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism," say Frederic Jameson and Slavoj Žižek.Capitalist... more

06 Jul 2023 · 58 minutes
This is Not Advice: Accessibility Beyond the Checklist

Welcome to the 5th edition of This is Not Advice, a non-advice column for premium subscribers of What Works. If... more

03 Jul 2023 · 12 minutes
EP 432: Queer Failure with Kate Tyson

"Failure" got a glow-up sometime in the last 20 years. Instead of something to be feared, gurus tell us to embrace... more

29 Jun 2023 · 29 minutes
EP 431: The Shoulds and Supposed-tos of Baking

Buckle up—today's episode was inspired by something that got me really worked up this week: "I think home-baking is one of... more

22 Jun 2023 · 26 minutes
This is Not Advice: Who is Responsible for Adapting?

"Outsiders" shoulder a disproportionate burden when it comes to fitting in. Can we demand more from the "insiders?"This is a... more

20 Jun 2023 · 6 minutes
EP 430: Why Does Authenticity So Often Feel Fake?

What gets labeled as "authentic" is often quite predictable. It's a market-compatible expression of what was once something unique or... more

15 Jun 2023 · 24 minutes
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Buckle up—today's episode was inspired by something that got me really worked up this week: "I think home-baking is one of the stupidest... more